Legal Opinion
Weiss v. United States
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided December 17, 1958No. Civ. A. 574-58PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEANEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Albert Weiss, sues for personal injuries allegedly sustained while boarding a naval vessel owned by the United States. The claim is based on negligence in the maintenance of the ship’s gangway, used by the plaintiff in pursuance of an invitation to the general public to visit the vessel. Since the Government has moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that it fails to aver specifically the statutory grounds on which the Government consents to be sued in actions of this nature, there is no need further to recite the details of the accident. It would…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Canadian Aviator, Ltd. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Levinson v. DeupreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Arra Ray Messenger v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company, Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company v. United States Fo AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- Beeler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Tommy Shaw v. Library of CongressCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Ashland v. Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- TANKREDERIET GEFION A/S v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1964
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